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Abram Ioffe
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Soviet physicist (1880–1960)
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Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1880–1960) was a person recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. He was born on October 17, 1880, and died on October 14, 1960. His bibliography includes twenty-six works, with notable titles such as *Fiziko-matematicheskie nauki*, *Nauka i tekhnika SSSR, 1917-1927*, and *Trudy pervoĭ i vtoroĭ konferent︠s︡iĭ po vysokomolekuli︠a︡rnym soedinenii︠a︡m*.
Other published works by Ioffe include *Fizika i selʹskoe khozi︠a︡ĭstvo* and *Sbornik trudov po tekhnicheskoĭ fizike*. The subject is referenced by eighty-eight other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Born
- Abram Fedorovich Ioffe , ( 1880-10-29 ) 29 October 1880 , Romny , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 14 October 1960 (1960-10-14) (aged 79) , Leningrad , Soviet Union
- Alma mater
- Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ( Dr. phil. )
- Awards
- Stalin Prize (1942) Lenin Prize (1961) 3x Order of Lenin
- Fields
- Physics
- Institutions
- Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR
- Thesis
- Elastische Nachwirkung im kristallinischen Quarz (1905)
- Doctoral advisor
- Wilhelm Röntgen
- Notable students
- Abram Alikhanov Matvei Bronstein Pyotr Kapitsa Igor Kurchatov Lev Landau Pyotr Lukirsky Nikolay Semyonov
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Romny
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Occupation
- inventor
- Educated at
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Doctoral advisor
- Wilhelm Röntgen
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Abram Ioffe young2cr.jpg
- Residence
- Saint Petersburg
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- Commons category
- Abram Ioffe
- date of birth
- 1880-10-17
- date of death
- 1960-10-14
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- place of burial
- Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- interested in
- physics
- birth name
- Авраам Израиль-Файвишевич Иоффе
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Encyclopedic overview
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (Russian: Абра́м Фёдорович Ио́ффе, IPA: [ɐˈbram ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈofɛ]; 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1880 – 14 October 1960) was a Russian and Soviet physicist. He received the Stalin Prize (1942) and the Lenin Prize (1961) (posthumously). Ioffe was an expert in various areas of solid state physics and electromagnetism. He established research laboratories for radioactivity, superconductivity, and nuclear physics, many of which became independent institutes. He has been described as the "father of Soviet physics".
Early life and education
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